Expectations have been sky high for John Wall since he entered the NBA as the No. 1 overall selection out of Kentucky in 2010.

He put up 16.4 points and 8.3 assists per game as a rookie and had an almost identical season (16.3 PPG, 8.0 APG) the following season. He suffered a stress fracture prior to his third season and only played in 49 games a season ago.

Healthy once again, Wall is averaging a career high in points per game (19.8), assists per game (8.6), steals per game (2.0) and is shooting a career high from the free-throw line (83.9 percent).

But as he heads into his first All-Star Game, Wall said he believes he’s getting recognition on a national level because of the team’s success.

“I think the biggest thing is my team is winning,” Wall said. “If you want to be a good point guard or be known in this league, you have to win games.”

The Wizards have slowly increased their winning percentage each year from .280 to .303 in the lockout-shortened 2011-12 season to .354 last season.

Washington is 25-27 heading into the All-Star break, but if the playoffs started today, the Wizards would hold the No. 6 seed in the Eastern Conference.

“We didn’t finish how we wanted to before the break,” Wall said, “but we have 30-something games to go. But it feels good to be in playoff contention.”